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Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic File, 1981 (ICPSR 7535)

Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force
data as well as supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash
benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the
employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old
and older. Additional data are available for persons 15 years old and
older concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not
working full-time, total income and income components, and
residence. This file also contains data covering noncash income
sources such as f... (more info)

This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force
data as well as supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash
benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the
employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14 years old
and older. Additional data are available for persons 15 years old and
older concerning weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not
working full-time, total income and income components, and
residence. This file also contains data covering noncash income
sources such as food stamps, school lunch programs, employer-provided
group health insurance plans, employer-provided pension plans,
Medicaid, Medicare, and CHAMPUS or military health care. Information
on demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, marital
status, veteran status, educational attainment, and Hispanic origin,
is available for each person in the household enumerated.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY: ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC FILE, 1981. 2nd ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1981. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07535.v2

Universe:
Persons in the civilian noninstitutional population of the
United States living in households and members of the armed forces
living in civilian housing in 1981.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) This hierarchical file contains 333,680
records. There are three record types: household, family, and
person. Household records contain approximately 40 variables, family
records contain approximately 78 variables, and person records contain
approximately 220 variables. (2) All records contain weights, which
must be used in any analysis. (3) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as
a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was
developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF
reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how
to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web
site.

Methodology

Sample:
A national probability sample was used in selecting
housing units.